Stove



a "UNITED" STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

JOHN MAGEE, OF GHELSEA,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MAGEE FURNACE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

STO VEL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,936, dated June 6, 1882.

Application filed March 27, 1882. (X0 model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN MAGEE, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States,

' have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which-- j Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stove known as the Ideal stove fitted with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof, with a'portion removed to represent the construction. Fig. 3represents in perspective the removed portion.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the connection between the stove and the chimney hole or flue may be made withv funnel of one shape.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, it has been necessary to fit or shape the funnel for each special stove and flue, because there is no fixed relation between the part of the stove for receiving the funnel and the hole in the chimney into which the funnel enters-that is, the chimney-fines are not usually of the same height from the floor, there being almost always a variation of from a portion of an inch to a number of inches, which renders it necessary to provide a new funnel ora funnel of new shape for each stove that is set up.

By my invention I provide an adjustment in thestove itself which enables me to use with certainty the same shape of funnel under all circumstances; and this I accomplish by making the collar which receives the end of the funnel movable vertically in the framework of the stove. The best means, I think, of accomplishing this is shown in the drawings, in which it represents the collar upon which the end of the funnel is supported, and which surrounds a hole in the plate which opens into the direct escape-flue thereof. This collar is castupon the plate A, or made separate and secured thereto, as may be desired. Preferably it is cast orarranged a little nearer one end of the plate .thanthe other, for reason that a greater range of adjustment is thereby-secured, because upon reversing the plate (it is made to be reversed) an increase in adjustment equivalent to the difference between the center of the plate and the center of the collar is obtained. This plate A is fastened in the recess or panel a in the back plate, a", of the stove by means of screws or bolts a, which pass through the slots at in the back plate, and the back plate also has the large aperture a By means of the slots it is of course obvious that the plate A may be moved up or down, and therefore the pipe or funnel collar which it carries, as much as may be necessary, and, as above stated, upon reversing the plate an increased range of adjustment is obtained, on account of the position which the pipe-collar bears to the center of the plate. I prefer to form the plate upon its upper and lower-edges with the outwardly-projcctin g border a as it provides means whereby the plate can readily be taken hold of and moved in the recess.

While I have mentioned but one way of fastening the movable and reversible plate A to the back plate of the stove, I would not be understood as limiting myself to that especial construction, as I can employ any desirable means for securing the same in place without departing from the spirit of thisinvention. Neither do I confine myself to the use of the movable and reversible plate to its connection with a recessed back plate,but may use it with a plate that is not recessed, if desired; neither is it necessary that the plate be reversible.

The advantages of this invention have been mentioned in connection with the description.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of the plate a of a stove, having the long aperture a opening into one of the direct flues of thestov'e, with the plate A, having a pipe collar or ring, a, and means for securing said plate to the stove and for adjusting it upon said plate, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the back plate, a of a stove, having the slots a and the plate A, carrying the pipe collar or support a and the bolts a all substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. The reversible plate A, having the pipe collar or support a nearer one edge thereof 10 3. The combination of the back plate, a of than the other, all substantially as and for the a stove, recessed as described, and having the purposes described.

5 slots a and aperture a with the plate A, adapted to fit within the recess and carrying the pipe collar or support a and the bolts a, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

JOHN MAGEE. Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, WILLARD G. FOGG. 

